A flood of faked driver's licences
US Customs and Border Protection Officers (CBPOs) working at the port of Memphis have been seizing counterfeit driver’s licences daily.
While in the past faked driver's licenses were usually acquired for the illegal purchase of alcohol, there are now more nefarious reasons: individuals masking illegal residence in the country, identity theft and benefit fraud.
What truly marks these drivers’ licences as fake is that they are despatched to various locations in USA from southern China, where the counterfeit Covid vaccination cards also originated. Only state motor vehicle departments issue drivers’ licences, and never as two copies.
A much larger shipment of 296 licenses representing a dozen states was seized on 16 January 2022 on its way to Illinois from China. (cj)